Patents by Inventor Virgilio Borges Loureiro

Virgilio Borges Loureiro has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Use of recombinant polypeptides from the genus as antimicrobial or insecticidal on plants
    Patent number: 9382300
    Abstract: This invention is related to a protein from the seeds, cotyledons or plantlets of Lupinus genus, as well as to the way of producing the protein in recombinant form and of expressing the protein in genetically modified plants. The invention relates to methods of its use, or of any modification of the protein that maintains its biological properties, as a supplement in human or animal nutrition and as a fungicide, insecticide, growth promoter, fertilizer or in the preparation of genetically modified organisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA
    Inventors: Ricardo Manuel De Seixas Boavida Ferreira, Sara Alexandra Valadas Da Silva Monteiro, Artur Ricardo Nascimento Teixeira, Virgilio Borges Loureiro
  • USE OF RECOMBINANT POLYPEPTIDES FROM THE GENUS LUPINUS AS ANTIMICROBIAL OR INSECTICIDAL ON PLANTS
    Publication number: 20140007303
    Abstract: This invention is related to a protein from the seeds, cotyledons or plantlets of Lupinus genus, as well as to the way of producing the protein in recombinant form and of expressing the protein in genetically modified plants. The invention relates to methods of its use, or of any modification of the protein that maintains its biological properties, as a supplement in human or animal nutrition and as a fungicide, insecticide, growth promoter, fertilizer or in the preparation of genetically modified organisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA
    Inventors: Ricardo Manuel DE SEIXAS BOAVIDA FERREIRA, Sara Alexandra VALADAS DA SILVA MONTEIRO, Artur Ricardo NASCIMENTO TEIXEIRA, Virgilio BORGES LOUREIRO
  • Use of recombinant polypeptides from the genus as antimicrobial or insecticidal on plants
    Patent number: 8541654
    Abstract: This invention is related to a protein from the seeds, cotyledons or plantlets of Lupinus genus, as well as to the way of producing the protein in recombinant form and of expressing the protein in genetically modified plants. The invention relates to methods of its use, or of any modification of the protein that maintains its biological properties, as a supplement in human or animal nutrition and as a fungicide, insecticide, growth promoter, fertilizer or in the preparation of genetically modified organisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Instituto Superior de Agronomia
    Inventors: Ricardo Manuel De Seixas Boavida Ferreira, Sara Alexandra Valadas Da Silva Monteiro, Artur Ricardo Nascimento Teixeira, Virgilio Borges Loureiro
  • Use of recombinant polypeptides from a lupinus plant and nucleotide sequences encoding it as plant growth promoters, antimicrobial or insecticidal
    Patent number: 8106252
    Abstract: This invention is related to the extraction of a protein from the seeds, cotyledons or plantlets of Lupinus genus, as well as to the way of producing it in recombinant form and of expressing it in genetically modified plants. Due to the exceptional characteristics exhibited by this protein in what concerns: its potent antifungal and anti-Oomycete activity, which confers great potential to the protein as a fungicide, (2) its strong plant growth promoter activity, particularly notorious on unhealthy or naturally weakened plants, (3) its extreme resistance to denaturation, which allows the use of the protein under field conditions, (4) its great susceptibility to proteolytic attack, which makes it harmless to the environment and nontoxic for man, and (5) its well balanced amino acid composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Instituto Superior de Agronomia
    Inventors: Ricardo Manuel De Seixas Boavida Ferreira, Sara Alexandra Valadas Da Silva Monteiro, Artur Ricardo Nascimento Teixeira, Virgílio Borges Loureiro
  • POLYPEPTIDE EXTRACTED FROM PLANTS OF THE GENUS LUPINUS OR PRODUCED IN RECOMBINANT FORM, NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE ENCODING IT AND ITS USE IN ANIMAL NUTRITION, AS A PLANT GROWTH PROMOTER AND IN THE FIGHT AGAINST PATHOGENIC FUNGI
    Publication number: 20110088128
    Abstract: This invention is related to a protein from the seeds, cotyledons or plantlets of Lupinus genus, as well as to the way of producing the protein in recombinant form and of expressing the protein in genetically modified plants. The invention relates to methods of its use, or of any modification of the protein that maintains its biological properties, as a supplement in human or animal nutrition and as a fungicide, insecticide, growth promoter, fertilizer or in the preparation of genetically modified organisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Applicant: INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA
    Inventors: RICARDO MANUEL DE SEIXAS BOAVIDA FERREIRA, SARA ALEXANDRA VALADAS DA SILVA MONTEIRO, ARTUR RICARDO NASCIMENTO TEIXEIRA, VIRGILIO BORGES LOUREIRO
  • Polypeptide Extracted from Plants of the Genus Lupinus or Produced in Recombinant Form, Nucleotide Sequence Encoding It and Its Use in animal Nutrition, as a Plant Growth Promoter and in the Fight Against Pathogenic Fungi
    Publication number: 20080300137
    Abstract: This invention is related to the extraction of a protein from the seeds, cotyledons or plantlets of Lupinus genus, as well as to the way of producing it in recombinant form and of expressing it in genetically modified plants. Due to the exceptional characteristics exhibited by this protein in what concerns: its potent antifungal and anti-Oomycete activity, which confers great potential to the protein as a fungicide, (2) its strong plant growth promoter activity, particularly notorious on unhealthy or naturally weakened plants, (3) its extreme resistance to denaturation, which allows the use of the protein under field conditions, (4) its great susceptibility to proteolytic attack, which makes it harmless to the environment and nontoxic for man, and (5) its well balanced amino acid composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2006
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA
    Inventors: Ricardo Manuel De Seixas Boavida Ferreira, Sara Alexandra Valadas Da Silva Monteiro, Artur Ricardo Nascimento Teixeira, Virgilio Borges Loureiro